Was sending a message and then the complete contents of my inbox
disaapeared. Checked my deleted folder and sent folder and all the files
are still in tact. Where did they go?

Found my inbox on my hard drive and it looks like the info is still there.
Whay doesn't my OE6 see them?


"Allan T. Chou" wrote in message
...
Was sending a message and then the complete contents of my inbox
disaapeared. Checked my deleted folder and sent folder and all the files
are still in tact. Where did they go?

Allan T. Chou wrote:

Found my inbox on my hard drive and it looks like the info is still there.
Whay doesn't my OE6 see them?

How big is it?

Alias

Use the Reply to Sender feature of your news reader program to email me.
Utiliza Responder al Remitente para mandarme un mail.


"Allan T. Chou" wrote in message
...

Was sending a message and then the complete contents of my inbox
disaapeared. Checked my deleted folder and sent folder and all the files
are still in tact. Where did they go?

167633 KB


"Alias" wrote in message
...
Allan T. Chou wrote:

Found my inbox on my hard drive and it looks like the info is still
there. Whay doesn't my OE6 see them?

How big is it?

Alias

Use the Reply to Sender feature of your news reader program to email me.
Utiliza Responder al Remitente para mandarme un mail.


"Allan T. Chou" wrote in message
...

Was sending a message and then the complete contents of my inbox
disaapeared. Checked my deleted folder and sent folder and all the files
are still in tact. Where did they go?

With OE closed, rename the Inbox.dbx to Inboxold.dbx. When you open OE, a
new (empty) Inbox will be created.

You should be able to retrieve the messages with one of these tools.

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress. Faster for large folders:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

A general warning if you don't want to lose your messages in the futu

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupted. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move
your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no
folders are open. Then: FileWork Offline (or double click Working Online in
the Status Bar). FileFolderCompact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.

In ToolsOptionsMaintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Allan T. Chou" wrote in message
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"Alias" wrote in message
...
Allan T. Chou wrote:

Found my inbox on my hard drive and it looks like the info is still
there. Whay doesn't my OE6 see them?

How big is it?

Alias

Use the Reply to Sender feature of your news reader program to email me.
Utiliza Responder al Remitente para mandarme un mail.


"Allan T. Chou" wrote in message
...

Was sending a message and then the complete contents of my inbox
disaapeared. Checked my deleted folder and sent folder and all the
files are still in tact. Where did they go?

Or move it to another directory so the contents are preserved.

He should also make sure he does points 2 and 3 here
(www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx) and BACKUP.

steve

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
With OE closed, rename the Inbox.dbx to Inboxold.dbx. When you open OE, a
new (empty) Inbox will be created.

You should be able to retrieve the messages with one of these tools.

DBXtract:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXtract/Default.aspx

DBXpress. Faster for large folders:
http://www.oehelp.com/DBXpress/Default.aspx

A general warning if you don't want to lose your messages in the futu

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupted. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move
your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no
folders are open. Then: FileWork Offline (or double click Working Online
in the Status Bar). FileFolderCompact all folders. Don't touch anything
until the compacting is completed.

In ToolsOptionsMaintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Allan T. Chou" wrote in message
...
167633 KB


"Alias" wrote in message
...
Allan T. Chou wrote:

Found my inbox on my hard drive and it looks like the info is still
there. Whay doesn't my OE6 see them?

How big is it?

Alias

Use the Reply to Sender feature of your news reader program to email me.
Utiliza Responder al Remitente para mandarme un mail.


"Allan T. Chou" wrote in message
...

Was sending a message and then the complete contents of my inbox
disaapeared. Checked my deleted folder and sent folder and all the
files are still in tact. Where did they go?